From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost.localdomain (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F2E63EB51 for ; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 00:51:52 -0500 (EST) Received: from lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (IDENT:root@lacrosse.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.154]) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2G5ppm08393 for ; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 00:51:51 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.9.3) id g2G5pp916577 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 00:51:51 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.9.3) with ESMTP id g2G5ppo16570 for ; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 00:51:51 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g2G5ppm08385 for ; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 00:51:51 -0500 Received: from mail1.netacc.net (mail1.netacc.net [208.34.108.26]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g2G5oBr31986 for ; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 00:50:11 -0500 Received: from Pharding (algoma-host3.doorpi.net [12.37.10.8]) by mail1.netacc.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g2G5pns70075 for ; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 00:51:49 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20020315235743.008aaa70@mail.doorpi.net> X-Sender: bharding@mail.doorpi.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 23:57:43 -0600 To: blinux-list@redhat.com From: Brent Harding Subject: Re: weasel Pc In-Reply-To: <20020315203222.A1859@lpwh1.pwh.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Well, how else besides sighted help can one use besides this device? Does this device talk, or does it make it so I'd hook a synth up to a serial port built in and do things that way. At 08:32 PM 3/15/02 -0500, you wrote: >HI. >I have been using one of the isa versions for about 2 years now. >It is a very good device for setting the bios settings, >and even using dos/linux or any other text based operating >system. >although, I wouldn't want to use it for that purpose for any length of time >when there are better ways of doing so. >your bios must be a text bios not one of the win bioses such >as the ones that ami uses. >if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. > >phil > >On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 07:33:20PM -0600, Cheryl Homiak wrote: >> wondered if anybody had any experience with or knowledge of this product. Url is >> www.realweasel.com/intro.html >> I thought I read a while back that a blind person had put this in his computer >> and was able to use it for reading what comes up in the bios before boot and, if >> I understood correctly, he could then also make changes with sighted help. but >> I'm not sure about this. there's apparently both an ISA and a PCI version. Not >> saying I'd rush out and buy one or that i necessarily want to give up one of my >> slots to this (except temporarily when need arises), but it is frustrating not >> to be able to check bios settings without sighted help. Any input on this, >> especially if anybody has had firsthand experience, would be appreciated. >> TIA. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list@redhat.com >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > >_______________________________________________ >Blinux-list mailing list >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >